Skokie man shot his friend on Edens Expressway over an alleged affair with wife: Prosecutors

Illinois State Police

Timothy Turner

Timothy Turner (Illinois State Police)

Staff reportPioneer Press

Prosecutors say allegations of a romantic affair is why a Skokie man is accused of shooting another man identified as his friend.

Timothy Turner, 40, of the 8700 block of Ridgeway in Skokie, is free on bail after turning himself into police Tuesday in connection with a shooting last month on the Edens Expressway that left a man injured, according to authorities.

Turner is charged with aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm following the Aug. 26 shooting that occurred at Church Street on the Edens portion of I-94, according to an Illinois State Police news release.

According to the release issued Wednesday, ISP officials had been investigating the shooting that happened around 3:30 a.m. State police officers responded to Evanston Hospital on a report of a 48-year-old man there who had been shot, according to the release.

The man, who is not further identified by authorities, told the police he had been shot twice in his left arm by Turner, while the two of them were riding in a vehicle together. The man said he was able to “escape from the vehicle and call 911 for help,” according to the release.

The release states that the man’s injuries were not life-threatening, and Turner fled the scene following the shooting.

Then Tuesday, Turner surrendered to the state police by turning himself in at the Skokie police station, ISP officials said in the release.

Turner appeared in bond court Wednesday where his bond was set at $150,000, according to Cook County sheriff’s office spokeswoman Sophia Ansari.

At the bond hearing, prosecutors laid out some details of the incident.

Turner was the driver of the vehicle that was traveling on the Edens Expressway when the man who he allegedly shot said he heard “a pop sound,” prosecutors said. The man looked out the window because he initially believed that someone outside the vehicle was shooting at their vehicle.

However, the man would realize that Turner was shooting at him with a gun in his left hand while driving with his right, authorities said. Prosecutors explained that Turner continued to shoot at the man — his friend — and that the man was struck several more times in the arm and shoulder and also received a graze wound to the top of his head.

According to prosecutors, the man tried to grab the gun from Turner but was unable to, so he opened the door and threw himself from the moving vehicle. The man then went to a nearby house and 911 was called.

The shooting allegedly occurred because Turner believed the man was having an affair with Turner’s wife, prosecutors said.

Ansari said Turner posted bail at the Skokie courthouse the same day as the bond hearing and was released from police custody.

Turner was scheduled to appear in court again Sept. 12 at the Skokie courthouse, according to Ansari.